000 CDUS41 KBOX 050521 CLIBOS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 121 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ................................... ...THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 4 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 83 413 PM 96 1928 82 1 92 MINIMUM 66 503 AM 52 1900 66 0 74 AVERAGE 75 74 1 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.28 1915 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.88 0.40 0.48 0.00 SINCE JUN 1 10.34 6.68 3.66 7.38 SINCE JAN 1 31.35 24.59 6.76 26.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2002 0.0 0.0 0.0 2001 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 27 52 -25 50 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 9 1 18 MONTH TO DATE 32 36 -4 67 SINCE JUN 1 545 457 88 479 SINCE JAN 1 560 494 66 551 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 200 AM LOWEST 45 300 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BOSTON MA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 100 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 54 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 5 2008........SUNRISE 541 AM EDT SUNSET 758 PM EDT AUGUST 6 2008........SUNRISE 542 AM EDT SUNSET 757 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$